MESSAGE FROM PITTCON 2012 PRESIDENT, JON PEACE

I first attended Pittcon in 1984 in Atlantic City, NJ. I was a little apprehensive as someone had talked me into presiding at one of the technical sessions. This in itself would not have been too traumatic, but the session was scheduled at 8:00 am on Monday. I had the responsibility of ensuring that the session followed a format which I had never seen. I survived with minimal chaos and have since spent considerable time in technical sessions including having organized an invited symposium on science education.

Over the years, Pittcon has been a great source of information–both on analytical techniques and equipment. This information has assisted me through changes in my responsibilities and career – covering mass spectrometry, gas chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography. But as valuable as this information was and is, the true benefit of attending Pittcon was the contacts that I made–experts in various fields, vendors who could be relied upon for assistance, and other chemists dealing with the same issues that I was. Many of these contacts are now long time friends.

So, join us in Orlando on March 11–15, 2012 and Get Connected with old friends and new!